susie came roundand is vulgar and loud and coarseand wept in front of my parentsi was asleep though, because the book about paris in the wartimehas too much written about duff cooper, first viscount of noritchand not enough about simone de beauvoir.apparently duff cooper has a much more interesting life than the book is willing to explore"they were the flowers, but i was the tree"explained his wife to the children about all the viscount's extramarital affairsand the deaths of all of his closest friendsand his medals.susie is losing her children.